Improved side-saddle tree



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l. Letters .Patent No.'93,843, dated August 17, 1869.

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The Schedule referred to 1x1-these Letters Patent and making part of the'nm.

To all whom it ma/y concern: y

Beit known that I, J AooB STRAUS, of the cityv and county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri,"have invented a new andA improved Side-Saddle Tree; and I do hereby declarey that the following is a` full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa view in perspective, and

- Figure Zis'a transverse vertical section.

rlhis invention consists `in combining, in one tree, a canteha back-rail, a back-spring, and4 an extension spring, in sucha manner as to form acontiuu'ous ange.

' along the off and back sidesl ofv the tree, sok that the latter, when covered with raw hide, forms a saddle in itselfl sufficient for all ordinary purposes, and is, at the same time, a perfect tree, upon which a saddle of any sort, and of the most desirable shape, maybe built up by an ordinary saddler.

. In thel drawings- Pw A A are the bars, of the kind called Spanish. Bisthe cantel, starting at the usual point of the The o" horn D of my tree has, also, the novelty of having the extension-spring D formed in one piece with it.v Usually, this part, like the rail and backspring, is wanting in the tree, and supplied by the saddler.

By making a tree combining in itself all the several parts that have heretofore been partly in the treeand partly in the saddle, I produce an article, that'when covered `vith raw hide, or other suitable material, forms a complete saddle, as good as needed for ordinary purposes. y v

The cantel and oi horn' are atl rst glued to the bars. I `then applyarouud the outside of the cantel,

up and down the' outside of the ofi" ho'rn, and up and down the inside of the bars, near the front end, iron'A braces, a b c, which I let into thelwood, so that their outer surfaces will be flush with the surface of the u wood. .Y

`The raw hide is stretched across the bars, so as to forma full seat, the bars'keepng it so far above the horses back that not only is there no danger of gallf ing it, but a free passage is made for the ingress of Y air between'tlie bars and under the raw hide, whereby the animals back is kept cool.

The continuous rail, formed bythe parts B, CMC', Y

and D, aords the rider a comfortable seat, by offering support to the back, also secures lier against being thrown, and prevents her fromslipping too much to the off side, and thuscausing the saddle to turn.

She is also enabled to brace herself against the rail,.

by pressing upon the stirrup with her' foot, and thus ride. firmly, and with little jolting'.

A continuous 'raiLhas heretofore been attached onlyv to the most expensive saddles; but, by forming the tree with a continuous rail,-and thus making a saddle of the tree itself, it/r'nay be manufacturedat so little cost as to bring it/within the use of the poorest.

:Having thus described my invention,

IXVhat I cla'un 'as new,y and desire to secure by Let.- ters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, a lside-saddle tree, formed-"with a complete seat, the continuous rail B, C

Gf, D, andthe extension spring D', the whole covered with hide, or other equivalent material, and shaped,

arranged, and operating substantially as described..

JACOB STRAUS.

Witnesses:

JAMES H; Gnrnnnr, SOLOS O. KEMON. 

